https://www.pushingboarders.com/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1524155637767-9NGLBIP3F4Q8I0MXLIEK/Elissa_Steamer.jpg Speakers Gallery - Elissa Steamer Pro Skater & Brand Owner Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters Elissa is one of the most recognisable names in women’s skateboarding. She began skating in 1989 and went onto film some of the era’s most influential video parts for Welcome To Hell and Jump Off A Building. In 1998 she turned pro for Toy Machine and became the first female skater to win the inaugural Women's Street category at Slam City Jam. Elissa has three X Games Gold Medals, won first place at The World Cup of Skateboarding and Triple Crown, and was the first female skater to be featured in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series. After a great run, Elissa has quietly walked away from competing and spends her days surfing, skating and running her brand Gnarhunters in San Francisco. @elissa_steamer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1524155637767-9NGLBIP3F4Q8I0MXLIEK/Elissa_Steamer.jpg Speakers Gallery - Elissa Steamer Pro Skater & Brand Owner Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters Elissa is one of the most recognisable names in women’s skateboarding. She began skating in 1989 and went onto film some of the era’s most influential video parts for Welcome To Hell and Jump Off A Building. In 1998 she turned pro for Toy Machine and became the first female skater to win the inaugural Women's Street category at Slam City Jam. Elissa has three X Games Gold Medals, won first place at The World Cup of Skateboarding and Triple Crown, and was the first female skater to be featured in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series. After a great run, Elissa has quietly walked away from competing and spends her days surfing, skating and running her brand Gnarhunters in San Francisco. @elissa_steamer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995922354-YB3M1ID2DR52IB0COWYN/Oliver_Percovich.png Speakers Gallery - Oliver Percovich Founder & Executive Director, Skateistan Speaking at: Globally Stoked: The Skate Charity Movement Oliver first skated in an empty pool at the age of six while growing up in Papua New Guinea. In 2007 Oliver moved to Afghanistan from Australia when his then girlfriend took a job in Kabul. Looking to explore, he would skate the city, and street-working kids would follow him around and ask to try. In 2008, Oliver founded Skateistan, a grassroots 'Sport for Development' project on the streets of Kabul. Today, Skateistan is an award-winning international organization with Skate Schools and programs running in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa. Through their innovative programs, Skateistan aims to give youth the opportunity to become leaders for a better world. @skateistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523996179267-4WZFY0M80FKCR5CF0IMC/Karl_Watson.png Speakers Gallery - Karl Watson Pro Skater & Author Speaking at: Race, Skateboarding and the Power of Imagined Communities Karl is a professional skateboarder from San Francisco, known for his laid back style and massive smile. Karl has spent over two decades on four wheels, riding for companies like Mad Circle, IPath, Organika, and Expedition One before focusing on nurturing upcoming talent in skateboarding. Karl currently manages the Adidas flow team and in 2017 teamed up with cartoonist Henry Jones to create My First Skateboard, the first children's book about skateboarding. @karl_watson_ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995602573-BB57FQHHOILLBEMW0UL4/Ocean_Howell.png Speakers Gallery - Prof. Ocean Howell Former Pro Skater and Professor, University of Oregon Speaking at: University of Skate: A History of Skateboarding in Academia Ocean is a retired professional skateboarder (Birdhouse, H-Street) and Associate Professor of History at the University of Oregon. His writing on skateboarding has been published in the Journal of Architectural Education, Space and Culture, and the Harvard Design Magazine, and has been quoted in the Congressional Quarterly (US), the New York Times, and the Guardian (UK). His book, Making the Mission: Planning and Ethnicity in San Francisco, was published in 2015. He is currently at work on a digital mapping project about the history of unrealised urban plans, in collaboration with Stanford University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523996199643-U8HV0MU3T4XM0BIPM93V/Neftalie_Williams.png Speakers Gallery - Prof. Neftalie Williams University of Southern California Speaking at: Race, Skateboarding and the Power of Imagined Communities Neftalie is a PhD Candidate at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and Lecturer of skateboarding business, media and culture at USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism in Los Angeles. His research uses skateboarding culture as a lens to examine issues of diversity, identity, youth and mass culture, education and public diplomacy. Neftalie is a research fellow at USC Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media and Society and the LA84 Foundation. Neftalie is an academic skateboarding envoy for the United States, is Chairman of the College Skateboarding Educational Foundation and received the 2015 USC Black Alumni award for his work in skateboarding diplomacy. @neftaliedotcom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1526460308726-BAJHL3OE22BREK4O6OPT/Atita_Verghese.png Speakers Gallery - Atita Verghese Founder, Girl Skate India Speaking at: ‘Not just some homogenised bullshit’: Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution Atita found skateboarding in Bangalore, India at the age of 19 and went from being India’s first female skateboarder to volunteering on skatepark projects with Make Life Skate Life and becoming an ambassador for the Vans India team. Atita started Girl Skate India as a platform to encourage more women in India to get involved in skateboarding. She recently joined pro skaters Lizzie Armanto and Vanessa Torres as part of a panel discussion about female skateboarding at the House of Vans Brooklyn. @girlskateindia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995786460-XYTIEWZFACP3P617BWIT/Sarah_Meurle.png Speakers Gallery - Sarah Meurle Pro Skater Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters Sarah is a skateboarder and photographer from Malmo, Sweden. In 2017 she was voted Female European Skater of the Year at the Bright Awards in Berlin and received a BA in Fine Art Photography. Sarah is a recent addition to the Nike SB team and is sponsored by the Malmo based Poetic Collective which just released her new part on Transworld. @smeurle_ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1524155670206-ALF1574W4GPPL0O3T06F/Lucy_Adams.jpg Speakers Gallery - Lucy Adams Pro Skater Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters A household name in UK skateboarding, Lucy is a well travelled pro skateboarder and the Chair of Skateboard England. At the top of the British skate scene since 2009, winning the UK Skateboard Champs and Girls UK Skate Jam numerous times, Lucy has been a tirelessly upbeat presence in UK skateboarding for years now. Lucy's efforts to make skateboarding more accessible for girls includes setting up Brighton based She-Shredders coaching sessions. In 2017, Lucy celebrated over twenty years in the game with a Pro Model on Lovenskate, a 12 page interview in Grey Skate Mag, and a new part 'Master of Camouflage'. @lucyadamsskate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995381316-KZN903UIB24J6AHKQPO2/Benny_Fairfax.png Speakers Gallery - Benny Fairfax Pro Skater Speaking at: Race, Skateboarding and the Power of Imagined Communities Benny is a professional skateboarder from London who has been a key advocate in the Long Live Southbank campaign. Benny is one of the few British skaters to find success in America, having been picked up by Stereo Skateboards and wowing the skate-world with his nollie heelfip down the Santa Monica triple set. Benny returned to the UK to ride for his friend Lev Tanju's company Palace Skateboards and set up his own wheel company, Wayward Wheels. @fairtax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995951561-PKVY1NBNXMW9GI47CH3I/Jaime_Reyes.png Speakers Gallery - Jaime Reyes Former Pro Skater Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters A pioneer in her own right, at the age of 16 Jaime became one of only three female skateboarders to earn a cover of Thrasher Magazine. Featured on the April 1994 issue, her 360 flip at A'ala skatepark in Honolulu was her first skate photo in a magazine. Jaime has had parts in over 15 skate videos including for Thrasher, Zoo York, multiple 411 VMs and most notably in Real’s Non Fiction (1997). Jaime turned pro for Rookie skateboards and had a signature pro shoe model for Gallaz footwear. In 2003, she made contest history by being the first person from Hawaii to place at the X Games. After stepping away from skating professionally In 2009, Jaime has spent the last three years steadily returning to skating. @_jaime_reyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523996095957-CBWIY6YZPGP6HP10VSM2/Greg_Snyder.png Speakers Gallery - Prof. Gregory J. Snyder​ City University, New York Speaking at: What We Do is Secret: The Challenge of Writing about Skateboarding Gregory is an Associate Professor at Baruch College, City University of New York. His research focuses on urban subcultures such as graffiti writers, musicians and professional skateboarders, with an emphasis on subculture theory, urban space and issues of social and racial justice. He is the author of Skateboarding LA: Inside Professional Street Skateboarding (NYU Press, 2017) and Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York’s Urban Underground (NYU Press, 2009). Gregory lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. He cannot skateboard at all so he rides track bikes. @profgsnyder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1524247753557-1B4UX4ZZ0J5IB4LFCA0E/Jilleen_Liao_1.jpg Speakers Gallery - Jilleen Liao Founder, Onto Sneakers Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters Jileen is a skateboarder and founder of Onto, an independent sneaker brand based in New York City. She grew up in San Francisco, spending her formative years exploring and immersing herself in street skateboarding. Slamming on hills, running from undercover cops, and learning to ollie while pro skaters were doing kickflip melon grabs down legendary gaps several feet away are all part of her resume. Jilleen started Heavy Discussion as a panel series designed to increase traffic to global issues by directly involving the communities that inform Onto. Heavy Discussion has held three successful panels in New York City to date, with the last two examining aspects of skate culture that specifically affect women in skateboarding. @heavydiscussion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995044370-0WT1KXQU09W13OQ2J2TC/Iain_Borden.png Speakers Gallery - Prof. Iain Borden Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Speaking at: University of Skate: A History of Skateboarding in Academia Iain is Professor of Architecture & Urban Culture, and Vice-Dean Education, at The Bartlett, University College London. His new book Skateboarding and the City: a Complete History will be published by Bloomsbury in February 2019. Iain was part of the original thinking behind the Buszy skate space at Milton Keynes, helped heritage-list Rom skatepark, advised on the new multi-storey Urban Sports Park skatepark in Folkestone, and has been a key instigator of Crystal Palace skatepark where London’s first full tile-and-coping pool in 40 years has just opened. His favourite move is the classic frontside air. @iainborden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523994854511-Q5Q6J2D4LH1LOS5ZU4QY/Dani_Abulhawa.png Speakers Gallery - Dr. Dani Abulhawa Sheffield Hallam University Speaking at: ‘Not just some homogenised bullshit’: Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution Dani is an artist-researcher and Senior Lecturer in performance at Sheffield Hallam University. She began skateboarding in 1998 after becoming fascinated by the front cover of Sidewalk Surfer on a shelf at her local WHSmith newsagent. Dani’s practice-as-research PhD focused on the subject of gendered play in public built environments, primarily based on her experiences as a female skateboarder. Dani is currently writing a book on ‘girl’ as a conceptual category within skateboarding, practised by female, gender-non-binary and male skateboarders. Dani is also an ambassador for the skateboarding charity, SkatePal. @skeeterdani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523994924729-Y9TFK32WC57TKPIUHQ30/Asa_Backstrom.png Speakers Gallery - Dr. Åsa Bäckström GIH School of Sport & Health Sciences Speaking at: What We Do is Secret: The Challenge of Writing about Skateboarding Åsa is Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences in Stockholm. Her research has a socio-cultural perspective on informal learning and also its societal consequences, particularly focusing on youth, femininity, bodies and place. She has researched various aspects of skateboarding in Sweden for two decades and was a skateboarder in the late 70s. Key interests are epistemology and research methodology, particularly sensory and visual ethnography, which shows in publications like Knowing and teaching kinaesthetic experience in skateboarding: An example of sensory emplacement (2014). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995296020-QZEDOIRQJLZOI26ASVWA/Gustav_Eden.png Speakers Gallery - Gustav Svanborg Edén Skate Malmo Speaking at: Skateboarding is Not a Crime: How to Build a Skate Friendly City Gustav is a skateboarder from Sweden and the Official Skateboarding Coordinator for the City of Malmö. Gustav grew up skating in the supposed ’dark ages’ of pressure-flips and is best known in the London skate scene for his immaculate nollie down the famous London Bridge steps in Blueprint's Waiting for the World. Gustav previously worked for Bryggeriet, the first school of skateboarding in Europe and now uses Malmö taxpayer’s money to help grow skateboarding and promote Malmö as a cultural and skate-friendly city. @skatemalmo.se   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523994966723-32GKIUDJIQ4P9MSXWRY8/Ted_Barrow.png Speakers Gallery - Ted Barrow Hudson River Museum Speaking at: What We Do is Secret: The Challenge of Writing about Skateboarding Ted is the Assistant Curator at the Hudson River Museum, while working to finish his PhD in Art History at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His research interests outside of history focus on the Gilded Age(s) and the intersection between history and the built environment. His writing about skateboarding has appeared in Thrasher, Transworld Skateboarding, Jenkem Magazine, Slap, and the New York Times. In addition to his PhD, he is devoted to the equally-pointless task of writing a skateboarding memoir. His satirical instagram page (@feedback_ts) is disturbingly popular. @feedback_ts   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523994886940-N1VLGYLCA0U4DJ6Q1ZSB/Will_Ascott.png Speakers Gallery - Will Ascott Co-Founder, Free Movement Skateboarding Speaking at: Globally Stoked: The Skate Charity Movement Will is a co-founder of Free Movement Skateboarding, a charity bringing skateboarding to the refugee and local population of Athens, Greece via a portable skatepark. Having studied International Development and with a background in youth work and disability support, Will applies methods of managing challenging behaviour to support some of the most disadvantaged young people in Europe through skateboarding. Will has been skateboarding for 15 years and likes doing skids as much as he likes teaching kids to do them. @freemovement__sb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523994984119-V7GNTYIWPPB28A25ZX9R/Kyle_Beachy.png Speakers Gallery - Prof. Kyle Beachy Roosevelt University Speaking at: What We Do is Secret: The Challenge of Writing about Skateboarding Kyle is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Roosevelt University, in Chicago. In the long trudge toward his second novel, forthcoming, he found escape by writing essays about skateboarding as a process of memory, ontology, and literature. These essays have been published in journals including, and listed here from highest-brow to lowest, The American Reader, The Point, The Chicagoan, The Skateboard Mag, Deadspin, and Jenkem. He was eleven when he began skateboarding, is now nearly forty, and will be dead or immobilized before he stops. @themostfunthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1525875430273-5QDAL1DFGEQJQW8GWZFE/Marie_Dabbadie.png Speakers Gallery - Marie Dabbadie Writer & Photographer Speaking at: ‘Not just some homogenised bullshit’: Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution Marie is a French transgender skateboarder, photographer, writer and multimedia artist based in Malmö, the queer capital of Sweden. They founded Xem Skaters, an international genderqueer skate zine in 2016 as a tool to educate skateboarders in diversity and open paths for individual identity building within skateboarding. They have been documenting the female and genderqueer skateboarding scenes extensively since 2010. @emptymindscanfillagain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995013324-PRRTDNL32OYCE2XC4AA7/Becky_Beal.png Speakers Gallery - Prof. Becky Beal California State University Speaking at: University of Skate: A History of Skateboarding in Academia Becky is a Professor of Kinesiology at California State University, East Bay where she teaches courses in the sociology and philosophy of sport. She has been researching the cultural and political dynamics of lifestyle sports, especially skateboarding, for over 25 years. Her love of art draws her to these sports because they are often creative spaces with democratic underpinnings where individual style, self-governance, and cooperation matter. Her most recent work is a multi-authored book of a 4-year ethnography about skateboarding and urban communities titled Moving Boarders: Skateboarding and the Shifting Landscape of Urban Youth Sport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995192396-CVES47QWDIT0RUTSVLEY/Charlie_Davis.png Speakers Gallery - Charlie Davis Founder & Executive Director, SkatePal. Speaking at: Globally Stoked: The Skate Charity Movement Charlie is the founder of SkatePal, a non-profit organisation that supports young people in Palestine through skateboarding. Having grown up skating in the famous Bristo Square in Edinburgh, Charlie first visited Palestine in 2006, volunteering as an English teacher before realising that the kids were far more interested in his skateboard than his grammar skills! After several years of teaching and travelling in Palestine and surrounding countries, Charlie studied an MA in Arabic at Edinburgh University with the aim of pursuing a career in the Middle East. SkatePal is now celebrating its fifth year and Charlie is currently based in Spain to escape the nonstop rain and greyness of Scotland. @skate_pal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1525944911475-ZU93H1G3ZLA8J3SHCSEG/Alexis_Sablone_2.png Speakers Gallery - Alexis Sablone Pro Skater Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters Alexis is amongst the most respected female street skateboarders in the world. Since capturing the attention of the skateboard world in 2002 with her part in PJ Ladd’s Wonderful Horrible Life, she went on to claim 3 X Games gold medals in women’s street, and is currently one of the only pro females on several all male teams including New Balance Numeric and WKND skateboards. Alexis has managed to balance an academic life alongside her skate career, earning degrees in Architecture from Columbia University and MIT. Alexis also works as an artist and animator for WKND skateboards, a design consultant for New Balance Numeric, and is trying to finish a 300 page graphic novel. @suminayay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995066115-G7LS2S4HJNDBUKW0CXD9/Thom_Callan_Riley.png Speakers Gallery - Thom Callan-Riley Co-founder, Re-verb Skateboarding Speaking at: University of Skate: A History of Skateboarding in Academia Thom is a skateboarder and PhD student at the Bartlett School of Architecture researching nostalgia and collective memory in skateboarding. Thom co-founded Re-verb with the aim of promoting skater-led academia, creating collaborations with skate charities and industry and providing an ongoing space to research and write about skateboarding. Thom worked as a skateboard instructor and director at Woodward Camp where key roles included teaching kids to drop-in, bomb hills and letting skateboarding make you smile. A wallride induced slipped-disc has re-ignited his quest to find some flatground skills. @reverb_sb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995414344-RDCSORDOMPRF0KWB7RF7/Maria_Falbo.png Speakers Gallery - Maria Falbo Founder of COPSON Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters Maria is a skateboarder from Italy and founder of the lifestyle brand COPSON. Maria has always been heavily influenced by skateboarding since taking it up at the age of eleven. On a year out from her Fashion Marketing degree in Manchester, Maria spent a summer skateboarding in Barcelona and launched COPSON STREET as a blog to host her inspirations at the time – focusing on skate, style, and ambient music. It naturally grew to encapsulate the life around skate subculture and has now evolved into a lifestyle brand. Maria is currently based in London and hosts 'The Copson Golden Hour' on NTS Radio. @mariafalbo__ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995436978-4XWFWMLZRKS7HGFJ9J97/Dani_Gallagher.png Speakers Gallery - Danni Gallagher Founder, Girl Skate UK Speaking at: ‘Not just some homogenised bullshit’: Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution Danni is a skateboarder from Sheffield and founder of Girl Skate UK. Now in its fourth year, the platform is the leading promoter of female skateboarding across the UK, inspiring other women to get involved and showcasing upcoming talent of skateboarders like Josie Millard and Rianne Evans. @girlskateuk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995481814-EILOVZDW8CUM2MISLJO5/Daphne_Greca.png Speakers Gallery - Daphne Greca Co-founder, Brixton’s Baddest Skateshop Speaking at: Skateboarding is Not a Crime: How to Build a Skate Friendly City Daphne moved to London in 2007 from her home town of Athens where she worked as a writer, photographer and pornographer. In 2015 Daphne co-founded Brixton's Baddest, London's youngest skate shop, serving the skate-community of South London. Daphne has become a key player in the Friends of Stockwell Skatepark organisation where she supports the local skate scene by campaigning and fundraising. Daphne works tirelessly to empower young women and support grassroots skateboarding. @brixtonsbaddest_skateshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995318401-ED3O2KR9CICXYIMHQ9SB/Tobias_Egelkamp.png Speakers Gallery - Tobias Egelkamp Head of Projects, Skate-Aid Speaking at: Globally Stoked: The Skate Charity Movement Tobias is a skateboarder from Münster, Germany who began working in the skate-charity sector while volunteering in Cape Town with German NGO Skate-Aid in 2014. Enlightened by the positive effects skateboarding was having on young people in South Africa, Tobias continued working with Skate-Aid and was soon offered a full time position. Currently based in Berlin, Tobias now manages the projects of Skate-Aid across Germany and internationally. @skateaid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995532774-VXGM35894ZS9OEJOZIUP/Arne_Hilerns.png Speakers Gallery - Arne Hillerns Executive Director, Make Life Skate Life Speaking at: Globally Stoked: The Skate Charity Movement Arne is a skateboarder from Germany who enjoys flat terrain with a preference for anything that doesn’t require an ollie! In 2012, Arne travelled to India to help build the Holystoked skatepark, which inspired him to set up his own organisation Make Life Skate Life along with fellow skater Jon Chaconas. Since then, MLSL have built free-access community skateparks in Bolivia, Jordan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Nepal and Morocco. Arne is currently preparing for the next MLSL project, Suli Skatepark in Iraq, due to be completed in May 2018. @makelifeskatelife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995559589-BNNN2I3W3DOOE1GCKZ5G/Sander_Holsgens.png Speakers Gallery - Sander Hölsgens Co-founder, Re-verb Skateboarding Speaking at: What We Do is Secret: The Challenge of Writing about Skateboarding Sander is a skateboarder and filmmaker currently working on dust and deserts in Southern California. He recently finished his PhD research on Korean skateboarding at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and now works at Leiden University as a visiting scholar. He co-founded Re-verb to critically discuss skate culture and its ambivalent relation to virtual kickflips. His most recent publication is Hell and Marble: Inside South Korea's Skate Scene on Vice. @reverb_sb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995669183-GB0LZPNAWKJUQIPK3BPG/Chris_Lawton.png Speakers Gallery - Chris Lawton Founder, Skate Nottingham Speaking at: Skateboarding is Not a Crime: How to Build a Skate Friendly City Chris is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Nottingham Trent University. A lifelong skateboarder (with out-of-control obsessions for the late 90s, Blueprint, Gino Iannucci, Mixtape era Zooyork and the continuing work of Josh Stewart), Chris is currently feature writer for Caught in the Crossfire. Chris co-founded Skate Nottingham CIC to try and put skateboarding at the heart of more inclusive social, cultural and educational development in the grand old former industrial city of Nottingham. @skatenottingham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995730262-9DA8M4TTCQQ0MILDEKIB/Stuart_Maclure.png Speakers Gallery - Stuart Maclure Long Live Southbank Speaking at: University of Skate: A History of Skateboarding in Academia Stuart is a skateboarder and urban planning graduate whose keen interest in interpreting the urban form took him to study in Copenhagen, where he was taught by some of the world’s leading architects and urban designers. Leaving behind rainy street missions, but not Long Live Southbank emails, Stuart moved to San Francisco to work as a policy researcher at a leading urban design think tank. Stuart returned to the UK in 2017 to work full time on the current Long Live Southbank campaign. Stuart is committed to exploring the benefits of high quality urban design and supporting the access to free creative space in our cities. @longlivesouthbank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995752582-G8UDI3O256LLXRBP28U4/Louisa_Menke.png Speakers Gallery - Louisa Menke Former pro skater & Photographer Speaking at: Heavy Discussion Presents: Concrete Waves and The Rise of Female Skaters Louisa is a photographer and retired pro skater who was born in Algeria and grew up in Hoogeveen, Holland. In 2009 Louisa travelled to Afghanistan with fellow pro skater Kenny Reed and the pair released ‘Some Time to Smile’, a book documenting the work of Skateistan at their first skate school in Kabul. Although she doesn’t skate professionally anymore, Louisa can be found shredding the streets of her current home town, Barcelona, on a daily basis. @louisaamenke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523912782112-HULEEMEV9VYHJ5BI0F5B/Paul+O%27Connor+Feeble.png Speakers Gallery - Dr. Paul O’Connor​ University of Hong Kong Speaking at: What We Do is Secret: The Challenge of Writing about Skateboarding Paul is a Research Assistant Professor in Sociology at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. His key research interests are in religion, ethnicity, social theory, and of course skateboarding. After more than 30 years skateboarding he continues to have a passion for no complys and impossibles, just a couple of the tricks he has not yet lost. His research has looked at skateboarding in East Asia, skateboard philanthropy, and middle-aged skateboarders. Paul is currently pursuing themes of religion and ethnicity in his work on skateboarding. @peejhk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523995901237-JAGNENPE3673FKCDOQ4T/Anthony_Pappalardo.png Speakers Gallery - Anthony Pappalardo Author Speaking at: ‘Not just some homogenised bullshit’: Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution Anthony is a New York based writer, author, and content creator. As a teenager in Massachusetts, he self-published music and skate centric zines, eventually becoming a regular contributor to Slap Magazine in the mid-90s. Throughout the ‘90s he wrote for several print publications, as well as toured and recorded with In My Eyes, a hardcore punk band signed to Revelation Records. After moving from Boston, MA to New York City in 2002, he has written and produced several books and his writing and video work has appeared in several outlets, including Huck Magazine, Monster Children, Transworld Skateboarding, and VICE, where he was also the site’s first weekend editor. @anthony_pappa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1523996149290-WER1NDQIU053NXK2NWN2/Oisin_Tammas.png Speakers Gallery - Oisin Tammas Editor, Skateism Speaking at: ‘Not just some homogenised bullshit’: Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution Oisín is editor-in-chief of Skateism, the world’s first diversity skateboarding publication, which focuses on giving an online and print platform to the underground and overlooked in skateboarding culture. Specialising in LGBTQ+, female, non-western, DIY and charitable projects the world over, Skateism aims to address the discrepancy in media coverage of diverse groups in skateboarding. Oisin is also Comms Manager for skate charity Free Movement Skateboarding, and will this year begin a PhD on Irony at UCL, which means he’s also going to have to learn how to juggle. @skateism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1525378688242-CHG7FV4B25P1MXFGVER1/Moch_Christos.JPG Speakers Gallery - Moch Simos Skateism Speaking at: ‘Not just some homogenised bullshit’: Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution Moch is a skateboarder based in Athens who co-founded Skateism, the world’s first diversity skateboarding publication in 2012 through a combination of skate-centric graphic design and sticker experiments. With 22 years on a board behind him, as art-director he has guided Skateism into an online and print magazine for the underground and overlooked in the culture, specialising in LGBTQ+, female, non-western, DIY and charitable projects the world over. Today Moch produces artwork which has been shown in skateboarding exhibitions across Europe. @skateism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1524735024975-TQ419VT12PGQWF5ILER5/Ruby_Mateja.jpg Speakers Gallery - Ruby Mateja Co-Founder, Free Movement Skateboarding Speaking at: Globally Stoked: The Skate Charity Movement Ruby is a co-founder of Free Movement Skateboarding, a charity that provides skateboarding workshops on a mobile skatepark for refugees and locals in Athens, Greece. Ruby sees skateboarding as a creative and empowering activity that can enhance confidence and tenacity in many other aspects of your life. With the girl skate scene in Athens just starting to take off, it is the perfect place to be. Free Movement’s workshops promote skateboarding as a gender-neutral activity, which is for anyone and everyone to enjoy. @freemovement__sb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1525378654396-YEM048JQLHO843DX3EOT/David_Knight.jpg Speakers Gallery - David Knight Director, DK-CM Architects Speaking at: Skateboarding is Not a Crime: How to Build a Skate Friendly City David is a designer and author. He is a director of DK-CM, an architecture and research studio based in East London, and a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art School of Architecture, where he is also completing a PhD on the politics of the English planning system in relation to popular discourse. 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Tara co-founded queer skateboard brand Pave the Way Skateboards. @captaindingbat https://www.pushingboarders.com/new-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2019-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1559922438450-OCVQS2309FQ1BR8368GK/SkatePal_Black.png Organisers Gallery - SkatePal SkatePal is a UK based non-profit organisation that builds skateparks, provides equipment and teaches skateboarding to young people in Palestine. Since 2013, their ongoing presence and award-winning projects have reached hundreds of young people across the West Bank and won acclaim and recognition from supporters around the world. www.skatepal.co.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1559922438450-OCVQS2309FQ1BR8368GK/SkatePal_Black.png Organisers Gallery - SkatePal SkatePal is a UK based non-profit organisation that builds skateparks, provides equipment and teaches skateboarding to young people in Palestine. Since 2013, their ongoing presence and award-winning projects have reached hundreds of young people across the West Bank and won acclaim and recognition from supporters around the world. www.skatepal.co.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1559922551227-HBHX9A3BOKQ0K7Y7OJLE/LLSB_Black.png Organisers Gallery - Long Live Southbank Long Live Southbank (LLSB) is the official non-profit organisation set up in 2013 to preserve and maintain London’s unique and world renowned Southbank Undercroft, and to represent its diverse creative community of skateboarders, BMXers and visual artists. 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This panel looks at the legacy and impact of their work from 1988 to 2018 and how skateboarding has changed and stayed the same from Ban This to Atlantic Drift. Panel: Iain Borden, Becky Beal, Ocean Howell Chair: Thom Callan-Riley, Stuart Maclure Listen on Mixcloud // Download as MP3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1530876237354-DA74K61KK8CCTL3NYXG1/SLIDE-02-blank-yt.jpg Talks Gallery Youtube - What We Do is Secret: The Challenge of Writing about Skateboarding Skate videos and photos are an integral part of skateboarding, but how do you capture the vibe of a session or the screech of a powerslide on an SF hill-bomb in writing? This panel explores the myriad of forms and styles that aim to express how skateboarding affects us and how skateboarders push against misrepresentation. How do you write lines about finding lines? Panel: Paul O’Connor, Asa Backstrom, Gregory Snyder, Sander Hölsgens, Kyle Beachy, Dwayne Dixon, Tara Jepsen Chair: Ted Barrow Listen on Mixcloud // Download as MP3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1530876263511-YPLVTGXYE9UJL5EJC04G/image-asset.jpeg Talks Gallery Youtube - Race, Skateboarding and the Power of Imagined Communities Prof. Neftalie Williams and Karl Watson take a look at the historical contribution of people of colour within skateboarding and discuss their own experiences, reflecting on the notion of a shared identity both as a skateboarder and as a person of colour, and the role of skateboarding as a tool for cultural diplomacy. Panel: Neftalie Williams in Conversation with Karl Watson Listen on Mixcloud // Download as MP3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1530876313809-Q9U0O8WWXN5SGTCSYA63/SLIDE-04-blank-yt.jpg Talks Gallery Youtube - 'Not just some homogenised bullshit': Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution There has been a rise in voices advocating for the recognition and support of a broad gendered landscape in skateboarding in contrast to the white, hetero-masculine standard that has dominated it for decades. This panel considers how a new wave of grassroots organisations, led by skaters, are opening up issues of social and identity politics and starting to run things differently. 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From winning contests like the Super Crown World Championship in 2016 and The Berrics Populist contest in 2017, to releasing the incredible ‘My World’ part and a signature line of footwear with Nike SB — Leo has been a huge champion of queer visibility within skateboarding and continues to inspire skateboarders all over the world. @leo_baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562325146223-S2C4P0BWK4RB3QUC6N9U/Lacey.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Leo Baker Pro Skater Speaking at: Rage Against the Gaze: Prejudice and Allyship in Skateboarding Iconic would probably be the best word to sum up professional skater and queer role model Leo Baker. From winning contests like the Super Crown World Championship in 2016 and The Berrics Populist contest in 2017, to releasing the incredible ‘My World’ part and a signature line of footwear with Nike SB — Leo has been a huge champion of queer visibility within skateboarding and continues to inspire skateboarders all over the world. @leo_baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561976928637-VS4TL6RRZUROG2DWTRBN/Rick_McCrank.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Rick McCrank Pro Skater / TV Presenter Speaking at: Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities Rick is a professional skateboarder and TV-presenter from Vancouver, Canada. Having spent over two decades hitting the gnarliest handrails on the planet, Rick has turned his hand to television — most recently hosting Vice’s Post Radical series, shining a light on skateboarding’s weird and wonderful subcultures. Rick skates for Girl Skateboards and is the co-owner of Antisocial skateshop in Vancouver. @mccranker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561976927047-QU3R44UDHADPTLADJVH5/Kim_Woozy.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Kim Woozy Founder, Mahfia TV Speaking at: Stay Core Stay Poor Kim is the founder of MAHFIA.TV, the first digital media platform for women’s action sports, and co-founder of the Women’s Skateboarding Alliance, a global management and consulting agency dedicated to authentically representing the industry voice of women’s skateboarding. Kim works as the Development Director of Skate Like a Girl (SF Bay Area), an organisation whose mission is to create an inclusive community by promoting confidence, leadership and social justice through skateboarding. She also sits on the Advisory Board for the Centre for Sports and Social Justice at CSU East Bay. @kimwoozy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459599050-1F0CQBFGK7KW1Y7B2GIO/Ryan_Lay.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Ryan Lay Pro Skater / Skate After School Speaking at: Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities Ryan Lay is a professional skateboarder from Phoenix, Arizona. When he’s not travelling around the globe, Ryan can be found working at Skate After School, a non-profit he co-founded to provide after school programming to underserved youth. Ryan is an ambassador to SkatePal and co-host of the Vent City podcast; a show working to explore the broader social and cultural context of skateboarding. @ryan_lay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562323977959-CO3AV8D6W61XL1WJN7E2/Beatrice.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Beatrice Domond Sponsored Skateboarder Speaking at: The Revolution Will Not Be Patronised After years of waking up at 6AM to skate and make her own videos, Beatrice became the first woman to be sponsored by Supreme and Fucking Awesome, and also rides for Vans Shoes and Spitfire Wheels. Now based in New York City, Beatrice studies film, electronic music and Hebrew. @beatricedomond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562154025386-XL6XBQGU5AFI54O5NX5R/Aram_2.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Aram Sabbah Local Co-ordinator, SkatePal Speaking at: Globally Stoked: Grass-Roots Skateboarding Aram started skateboarding in his hometown of Ramallah, Palestine in 2012 after a visiting skater left a board for him and his friends to skate. Since then, he’s been helping the SkatePal team build ramps and teach skateboarding across the West Bank. Recently graduated from university in Tunisia, Aram will be returning to Palestine in Summer 2019 to continue his role as Local Co-ordinator and help inspire the next generation of Palestinian skateboarders. @aramsabba7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562167780442-GPY06TN7VV7T732VUWS4/Candy.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Candy Jacobs Pro Skater Speaking at: The Revolution Will Not Be Patronised Candy Jacobs is a professional skateboarder and youth worker from the Netherlands. Besides competing at Street League, X Games and Dew Tour, Candy teaches mental health at elementary schools. She recently realised one of her biggest dreams by building an indoor skatepark with her dad, in her hometown of Venlo. @candy_jacobs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562326330894-K2QP8YW6Y021TL2GH0NV/Paul_Shier.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Paul Shier Isle Skateboards / Adidas Skateboarding Speaking at: Stay Core Stay Poor Paul grew up skating the legendary Fairfields spot in his hometown of Croydon, South London and representing the now defunct Blueprint Skateboards in seminal videos like Waiting For The World, First Broadcast and Lost & Found. In 2013, he co-founded Isle Skateboards with Nick Jensen and in 2016 took on the role of Team Manager at Adidas Skateboarding. Paul currently lives in California and after two decades in the industry, still manages to hold down two jobs and continues to have one of the best 360 flips in the game. @paulshier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561976927214-GRR2KNBMB0S0MIF09LFG/Leyla.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Leyla Garboza Concrete Jungle Foundation, Peru Speaking at: Globally Stoked: Grass-Roots Skateboarding Leyla began skateboarding when she was 12 years old, in her hometown of Trujilo, Peru. In 2017, she began volunteering with the Concrete Jungle Foundation, working on programme management and promoting positive social change within her community. Leyla is currently based in Lima. She has a degree in Psychology and is hoping to move to Spain to study for a masters degree. @leylaskater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459595190-SL0WD408HKG5QQUZMM2R/Atita_Verghese.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Atita Verghese Founder, Girl Skate India Speaking at: Globally Stoked: Grass-Roots Skateboarding Atita found skateboarding in Bangalore, India at the age of 19 and went from being the first woman in India to skateboard to volunteering on skatepark projects with Make Life Skate Life and becoming an ambassador for the Vans India team. Atita started Girl Skate India as a platform to encourage more women in India to get involved in skateboarding and has spoken on panels with pro skaters Lizzie Armanto and Vanessa Torres as part of a panel discussion about women’s skateboarding in California. @rattyatty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993931460-FPX3U7PK4CYZLY8X3S15/Jin.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Jin Yob Kim Founder, The Quiet Leaf Speaking at: Editor’s Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism Jin Yob is an editor, photographer, and translator based in Seoul, Korea. He first found skateboarding in Germany, where he grew up. After studying at SOAS in London and the Korea Literature Translation Institute in Seoul, Jin decided to move to the Korean capital and become part of the local skate scene. Soon after, Jin founded The Quiet Leaf, a magazine that is currently in its fifth year of existence. @jinyob https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562323082380-UMXHHGAA9I87T0K5VW4G/Mimi_Knoop.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Mimi Knoop Founder, Women’s Skateboarding Alliance Speaking at: The Revolution Will Not Be Patronised Mimi is a pro skater, advocate and entrepreneur from the US. She has dedicated her life to growing skateboarding for the next generation by creating the Action Sports Alliance, Hoopla Skateboards, The Skate Exchange and the is founder of the Women’s Skateboarding Alliance (WSA). Mimi played a large role in securing prize money equality for men and wxmen at the X Games in 2008, and was recently named USA Skateboarding's Women's Team Manager and Coach. @mimiknoop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993930605-3JSMG9HD3M7T68R5M8VX/Hannah_Bailey.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Hannah Bailey Photographer & Journalist, Neon Stash Speaking at: Editor’s Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism Hannah Bailey is an award-winning photographer, freelance journalist and director of Neon Stash, a creative communications agency focused in action sports. On the side of her work as a communications specialist including over two years with Skateistan, Hannah has spent the past eight years working to create coverage opportunities to shine the light on female skaters as well as documenting the scene. Her skate journalism has featured in media such as Dazed, i-D, Broadly, Huck, Sidewalk, Vice, Asian Geographic, and the BBC. @neonstash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562322355040-IFO35000IAOLPN2DNX81/Leo.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Leo Valls Pro Skater Speaking at: Bad Design is a Crime: Skate Friendly Cities Leo is a professional skateboarder from France who rides for Magenta Skateboards. In 2017, he initiated the ‘Skate(z) Zen’ movement in his home town of Bordeaux to change the city’s policy towards skateboarding from repressive to generative. Along with Arnaud Dedieu and consultancy agency DEDICATION, he developed the concept of ‘Skateurbanism’ to integrate skateboarding with the urban development of the city. In June 2019, Leo created PLAY!, a series of skatable public sculptures around Bordeaux that will be skateable for the entire summer. @leovallsconnected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562321955125-1J3WRD1RIBHJUU5Z16CU/Briana_2.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Briana King Display Only Speaking at: Tech Will Save Us Briana is a skateboarder and model from Los Angeles. She rediscovered skateboarding in 2017 after a series of serendipitous events led her to New York City. Dedicated to creating collaborative and uplifting spaces for womxn and LGBTQ+ skateboarders, Briana uses social media to organise skateboarding meet ups across the United States using her Display Only account. @brianaking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561976924915-ZEJJZZY8TMJG48XHQJH6/Ayanda.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Ayanda Mnyandu Operations Officer, Skateistan South Africa Speaking at: Globally Stoked: Grass-Roots Skateboarding Ayanda began skating aged six in the Troyeville suburb of Johannesburg. He joined the Skateistan team as a volunteer in 2014 and now works as Operations Officer, helping to coordinate between Skateistan’s facilities in South Africa, Cambodia and Afghanistan. Ayanda also runs City Skate Tours — skate classes and tours of downtown Johannesburg, giving tourists and locals a different view of his city. @skateistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561977030504-DYHX9KYXT0B6ICNMY9IR/Lucy_Adams.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Lucy Adams Pro Skater / Skateboard England Speaking at: The Revolution will not be Patronised A household name in UK skateboarding, Lucy is a well travelled pro skateboarder and the Chair of Skateboard England. At the top of the British skate scene since 2009, winning the UK Skateboard Champs and Girls UK Skate Jam numerous times, Lucy has been a tirelessly upbeat presence in UK skateboarding for years now. Lucy's efforts to make skateboarding more accessible for girls includes setting up Brighton based She-Shredders coaching sessions. In 2017, Lucy celebrated over twenty years in the game with a Pro Model on Lovenskate, a 12 page interview in Grey Skate Mag, and a new part 'Master of Camouflage'. @lucyadamsskate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562324660279-OHS0MAJVAPRWKZEEN43L/Sam.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Sam McGuire Photographer Speaking at: Rage Against the Gaze: Prejudice and Allyship in Skateboarding Sam became obsessed with photography at a young age. Growing up in Iowa, he started photographing his friends skate around the streets of Waterloo. He slowly started travelling and photographing neighbouring towns, and hasn’t stopped for the past 15 years. A few years back he came out publicly after spending many years shooting in the closet. He’s dedicated the last few years of his career to working with brands to become more LGBTQ+ friendly and is currently the photo director for SKATEISM. @samuelmcguire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459596266-G9RD8BUI5RS06YSP8TG5/John_Dahlquist.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - John Dahlquist Bryggeriet Gymnasium Speaking at: Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities John is one of the founding members of Bryggeriet Gymnasium, where he currently holds the role of both Vice Principal and skateboard instructor. As a life-long skateboarder and long-term educator, John has become a friend and role-model to many of the students that pass through the doors of the famous high school. He can still be found shredding the streets, (both in and out of class) and is a continual role model to young skaters across Sweden. @semesterskate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993930750-PLKSO2LCV5IVKCFPF9KN/Imke-Leerink.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Imke Leerink Founder, Girls Shred Speaking at: Tech Will Save Us Imke is the founder of Girls Shred, a community for girls to meet others and form a womenhood. When she started skating in 2004, Imke only knew a handful of women skaters — one of them being Candy Jacobs. She’s stoked to see community grow and help to inspire more women skaters using her platform. Imke is based in The Hague and working as social editor for SKATEISM - the diversity magazine. @girlsshred https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459596154-9SG73Z3GAWAM0ICMSJZZ/Gustav_Eden.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Gustav Svanborg Edén Skate Malmö Speaking at: Bad Design is a Crime: Skate Friendly Cities Gustav is the Official Skateboarding Coordinator for the City of Malmö. Gustav grew up skating in the supposed ’dark ages’ of pressure-flips and is best known in the London skate scene for his immaculate nollie down the famous London Bridge steps in Blueprint's Waiting for the World. Gustav previously worked for Bryggeriet, the first school of skateboarding in Europe and now uses Malmö taxpayer’s money to help grow skateboarding and promote Malmö as a cultural and skate-friendly city. @skatemalmo.se https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993734041-SDJIXUZ0VBEG59SY68B4/Ted_Barrow.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Ted Barrow Art Historian & Satirical Skate Critic Speaking at: Tech Will Save Us Ted Barrow is a writer, lecturer, and professor finishing his PhD in Art History at the Graduate Centre, City University of New York. He has contributed to Jenkem, Skateism, the New York Times, and Transworld Skateboarding, and he runs the semi-popular instagram account @feedback_ts. In addition to his duties as an ageing satirical critic of internet skateboarding, he also guest hosts Vent City, a skateboarding podcast with Ryan Lay, Ted Schmitz, Kristin Ebeling, and Kyle Beachy. A lifelong skateboarder, he mostly skates curbs now. @feedback_ts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993930091-6SKEC27WY17JPUKB4GJ1/Christian_Kerr.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Christian Kerr Jenkem Magazine Speaking at: Editor’s Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism Christian is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn and Editor-at-Large for Jenkem Mag, where he has contributed since gaining his Master’s degree in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from New York University in 2014. His writing has appeared online at The New Yorker, Hyperallergic, and the L.A. Review of Books, and he is currently ghostwriting a memoir for a prominent U.S. diplomat, which has nothing to do with skateboarding. @cnkerr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561976925100-7Q378BG6E8JDMNUQJP1R/Amber_Edmonson.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Amber Edmondson Co-Founder, Women Skate the World Speaking at: The Revolution will not be Patronised Amber is Co-Founder of Women Skate the World, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to break through gender barriers by engaging, inspiring, and empowering women through skateboarding worldwide. Amber is currently based in Athens, Greece and works as the Programs Director for Free Movement Skateboarding — looking after both the Women's and Volunteer program, as well as covering the monitoring and evaluation for the organisation. @womenskatetheworld https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561976926509-39ED2W2GFE82SSWGN8ST/Jessica_Forsyth.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Jessica Forsyth Co-Founder, Harold Hunter Foundation Speaking at: Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities Jessica is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Harold Hunter Foundation, a non-profit based in New York who aim to provide support, opportunity, and advocacy for NYC youth to enable them to reach their full potential as skateboarders and young adults. Jessica has a PhD in Counselling Psychology and has worked for over a decade as a clinician to diverse populations including adjudicated youth, gifted students of colour, college students and survivors of torture seeking political asylum. @haroldhunterfoundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562169251152-RJY669BKLQMKGNOWPOQ9/Nick_Sharrat.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Nick Sharrat The Palomino Speaking at: Stay Core Stay Poor Nick is the owner of The Palomino, London’s premiere online skateboard shop specialising in independent skateboard products. Since starting in 2012, Nick has amassed the biggest selection of independent skate videos, zines and magazines you can find anywhere in the world. Nick continues to support his local skate scene and can be found in the deep end of Clissold Bowl each morning before work. @thepalominoclub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993929904-AP51A01XLDWBPFOORC1G/Adelina_Ong.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Adelina Ong Independent Researcher Speaking at: University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic Adelina Ong is just learning to skateboard at 39 years of age. She is a PhD graduate from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her thesis proposed a theory for compassionately negotiated living inspired by skateboarding, parkour, art du déplacement, breakin’ and graffiti. Adelina’s research focuses on young people from low-income families who struggle with mental wellbeing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993931192-UCT4ULPO4VH19YOJ548A/Indigo_Willing.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Indigo Willing Griffith University / Girls Skate Brisbane Speaking at: University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic Indigo is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research and Lecturer in Sociology at Griffith University in Australia. Building on her experiences as a war orphan, refugee, adoptee, a mother and an older skateboarder in her late 40s, her research focuses on understanding various minority populations in youth scenes, subcultures and the broader societies they live in. Indigo is currently based in Brisbane where she co-runs Girls Skate Brisbane. @girlsskatebrisbane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561979614956-5H2L9BSEUCO03362PVMF/Hans_Smit.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Hans Smits The World of Skateboarding Speaking at: Tech Will Save Us Hans is a skateboarder from Holland who set up The World of Skateboarding Instagram account in 2016. What started as an experiment quickly grew into one of the largest accounts sharing skateboarding video online, with over 360k followers. Hans has witnessed first hand the positives and negatives of social media in skateboarding, including having his own account hacked in 2017, losing 200k followers in the process! @theworldofskateboarding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562325766272-UWC9HZSXVOA1W3DBVYNL/Kristin.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Kristin Ebeling Skate Like A Girl Speaking at: The Revolution Will Not Be Patronised Kristin is the Executive Director of Skate Like a Girl, a non-profit organisation that reaches over 7,000 skaters in Seattle, Portland, and the SF Bay Area each year. Her experience as a youth mentor, skater, and activist, informs her unique approach to improving equity and access in skateboarding, inspiring non-traditional skaters globally. Kristin founded the Wheels of Fortune event, co-founded The Skate Witches zine, co-hosts the Vent City podcast and contributes to Thrasher Magazine, and SKATEISM. @andawhamybar https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/5d11f7eda55ad10001b446ba/5d1f3bdbfe4a970001119a99/1562328027672/ 2019 Speakers Gallery https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/5d11f7eda55ad10001b446ba/5d1f3c0499ed3b0001469b8f/1562328068107/ 2019 Speakers Gallery https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/5d11f7eda55ad10001b446ba/5d1f3bf4a7584e000118d3b8/1562328052672/ 2019 Speakers Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561976926514-E77MFZCU55ZYANJ7V8GX/Josh_Friedberg.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Josh Friedberg CEO, USA Skateboarding Speaking at: Stay Core Stay Poor Josh is a former professional skateboarder, co-founder of 411 Video Magazine, co-creator of Innoskate and CEO of USA Skateboarding. Josh has worked with the the Olympic organising committees to help bring an authentic representation of skateboarding as a sport, art, and culture to the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 and beyond. @joshfriedberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562324988678-SSBC4XGR2P4VLAPDI3IJ/Cher.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Cher Strauberry Sponsored Skateboarder Speaking at: Rage Against the Gaze: Prejudice and Allyship in Skateboarding East Bay’s Cher Strauberry is one of those magnetic people you just can’t help becoming friends with. A trans pioneer, Cher is paving the way for trans skaters with her activism, visibility and, well, just having the courage to live her truth and inspire others to do the same. With her mean backside heelflips, an infectious smile and her punk fuck off attitude, Cher is ready to take on the world and become a Trans role model for the skate world and beyond. @cher_strauberry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993932354-420O4RQG480TU59ZCLV4/Sophie-Friedel.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Sophie Friedel Founder, Drop In Ride Out Speaking at: University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic Sophie is the founder of Drop In Ride Out, a skateboard therapy initiative in Freiburg, Germany that combines skateboarding with Gestalt therapy to improve the wellbeing of young people struggling with life’s challenges. She holds an MA in Peace Studies and travelled to Afghanistan in 2009 to teach with Skateistan. She loved it so much that she returned several times before writing The Art of Living Sideways, a monograph that explores the action of skateboarding as embodied approach to conflict transformation. @dropinrideout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1564841897847-RR48U8MFO71OSVWTRF50/John_Rattray.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - John Rattray Former Pro Skateboarder / Nike Skateboarding Speaking at: You Can Talk to Me John is a former professional skateboarder from Aberdeen, Scotland. In his early twenties John rode for the legendary Blueprint Skateboards, before moving to California where he joined the handrail chomping, gap slaying crew over at Jamie Thomas’, Zero Skateboards. A decade passed, filled with video parts, tours, signings, photos and interviews, before John’s sister tragically took her own life. This event prompted him to quit being a pro skater. In 2017, 6-years after his sister passed — when the searing, gut-wrenching pain of losing someone that close to you had finally settled a little — Rattray embarked on an annual fundraising quest for mental health in memory of his sister, Katrina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993931720-9MULP21EVUGAPID69BRO/Luke_Cianciotto.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Luke Cianciotto University of Chicago Speaking at: University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic Luke is a sociology PhD student at the University of Chicago. He is interested in how groups, like skaters, inaugurate urban spaces that bear potentialities for alternative political futures. Luke has been skateboarding for 16 years. After all that time, he’s realizing he’s better at thinking about skating than actually skating. He blames his ankles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562168069322-CWOU3LU18BI9Z9IC4U88/Claire.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Claire Alleaume Journalist Speaking at: Stay Core Stay Poor Born and raised in France, Claire spent most of her teenhood producing independent zines and travelling to comps and on skate trips with the all-girl Poseuz Crew. At 19 she founded the communication and consulting agency 7bis specialising in skateboarding, working with local authorities and experts in sustainability, design and architecture on the integration of skateboarding in the city. Now based in the UK, Claire continues to advise local government with skatepark projects on a voluntary basis. She also writes for on and offline publications, including Caught in the Crossfire, and is working on a new magazine entitled Two Set. @clairealleaume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562168418226-XWSMPC2XC933JZ55PXRW/Betsy.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Betsy Gordon Smithsonian Institution Speaking at: Sacred Spots: Defining Heritage in Skate Culture Betsy is a Project Manager at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Working exclusively in museums for over 35 years, her diverse portfolio of projects includes exhibitions, publications and public programs. She curated the traveling exhibition, Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America, founded the public program Innoskate, and is currently writing Smithsonian Skate — a book on the Smithsonian’s skateboard collection. @smithsonian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562320991928-I3JPS17PH79XX7UOTTC1/Brian-Pan.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Brian Panebianco Sabotage Crew Speaking at: Sacred Spots: Defining Heritage in Skate Culture Brian is a skateboarder and filmmaker from Philadelphia who was an integral part of the Love Park skate scene from 2008 to 2016. He filmed for, skated in, and produced the unforgettable Sabotage video series, the final instalment of which documents the destruction of the park both from the perspective of skateboarding and urban planning. Even after the destruction of his beloved plaza, Brian continues to live in Philadelphia and documents the skate scene on his VX1000. @brian_panebianco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561993889709-RUAKJVGYJ5CFN2XVW419/Dani_2.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Dani Abulhawa Sheffield Hallam University Speaking at: University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic Dani (she/her) is an artist-academic and skateboarder whose work explores skateboarding, gender politics and public space. Dani works as a senior lecturer in performance at Sheffield Hallam University, she is an ambassador for the skateboarding charity SkatePal and a member of Re-verb Skateboarding. Dani is currently writing a book on ‘girl’ as a conceptual category within skateboarding, practised by female, gender-non-binary and male skateboarders. @skeeterdani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562169118158-C7M4BUDN4Q2NCSZO8XS9/Paul_O%27Connor_2.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Paul O’Connor Lingnan University, Hong Kong Speaking at: Sacred Spots: Defining Heritage in Skate Culture Paul is a Research Assistant Professor in Sociology at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. He has performed a variety of research on middle aged skateboarders, skateboard pilgrimage, and has a book Skateboarding and Religion with Palgrave to be published later this year. Originally from Devon in the UK, Paul lived in Hong Kong for 18 years and recently moved to Prague on sabbatical. He is a veteran skateboarder with scarcely a handful of tricks. @peejhk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1565076222601-TCK30RXC9LG3A3E7LNSQ/Madeleine+Uggla.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Madeleine Uggla Skate For Life Speaking at: You Can Talk to Me Madeleine started skating in Malmö ,where she grew up, in the mid 90s and was one of the first female skateboarders in Sweden. During 25 years in skateboarding she has competed internationally, been sponsored by major skate brands and been a mentor for other female skateboarders. Madeleine played a significant role in starting the Bryggeriet Skatepark, where she was the representative voice for female skaters to convince the government of the need for a skatepark in the area. In 2009 her life took a drastic change when she found her boyfriend (Johan Florell) dead after committing suicide. Following that were times of trauma, PTSD, depression and grief. Today Madeleine is working as a yoga teacher, inspirer and motivational speaker to help others in mental health by sharing her experiences. @missinka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562170187289-GRP99OHIVZMVPRGVMDCI/Ted_Schmitz.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Ted Schmitz Vent City Speaking at: Tech Will Save US Ted began his journey into skate media by producing satirical videos for the Arizona-based Brimley Skateboards. He has since published humour pieces in every single major American skateboard magazine, self-produced and published a long-form piece of ‘journalism’ for the No Coping podcast about the Love Bowls. He is currently a cast member and the editor of the Vent City podcast along with Kristin Ebeling, Ryan Lay, Kyle Beachy and Ted Barrow. @theorydoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562174603885-41YEQ2B2FN0AVZSKE6DM/Pollyana.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Pollyanna Ruiz University of Sussex Speaking at: Sacred Spots: Defining Heritage in Skate Culture Pollyanna is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Sussex, focusing on the media’s role in the construction of social and political change. Her collaborative project You Can’t Move History examines different generations of activists’ involvement in the campaign to save the London’s iconic Southbank skate spot from re-development. Pollyanna’s current work, Remembering and Forgetting; develops and extends these dynamics by asking whether the internet can maintain memory across different generations of activists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562321933468-UDX7PR4FRXN3RN1JN43G/Norma.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Norma Ibarra Skate Witches / U Can Skate Speaking at: Editor’s Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism Norma is a skateboarder, photographer and social media marketer from Mexico, who is committed to documenting non-traditional skaters and shedding a light on lesser-known skateboarding communities around the world. Norma is currently based in Vancouver, Canada and has collaborated with communities and brands like The Skate Witches, UCanSkate, Skate Like a Girl, Thrasher, and Vans. @lapir0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562321419224-DCZG7VM6TKOVU3UZB5K9/Lee-Smith.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Lee Smith Mission Statement Speaking at: Editor’s Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism Lee was born and raised in San Francisco, where he discovered the famed Embarcadero plaza and became infatuated with skateboarding. Lee was hand-picked by Mark Gonzalez to ride for 60/40 skateboards, before turning pro for City Stars and riding for Santa Cruz towards the end of his career. After retiring from professional skateboarding, Lee started FTC Barcelona in 2010 and now lives in New York, where he started his new podcast The Mission Statement and works in television production for MTV. @leester415 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562322935186-PYWWORUEOAIC5ED760G6/Frederik.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Fredrik Angner White Arkitekter Speaking at: Bad Design is a Crime: Skate Friendly Cities Fredrik is a landscape architect from Sweden with a background in skatepark design. He began skating in 1998 and is part of Stockholm Skateboard Collective, a non-profit working towards a more inclusive and skate-friendly Stockholm. Fredrik was involved in adapting Stockholm’s meet-up spot ‘Observatorielunden’ for skateboarding and initiated the R&D-project ‘Inclusive skateparks’, a workshop-based study with non-normative skaters investigating how skateparks can become more inclusive through design. The project is a collaboration between White Arkitekter and the Swedish Skateboard Association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562323509665-HGH10PQG6QG0EHSGWI05/Rhianon_Bader.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Rhianon Bader Skateistan / The Goodpush Speaking at: Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities Rhianon is a skateboarder from Vancouver, Canada who has worked in skateboarding and youth development since 2003. Starting out as a community skateboarding instructor and working for Antisocial Skateboard Shop, Rhianon then spent five life-changing years at Skateistan in Afghanistan. Rhianon works in communications, fundraising and network-building for non-profit organisations, and now heads up The Goodpush Alliance – a knowledge-sharing network for social skateboarding projects worldwide created by Skateistan. @thegoodpush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562324892691-SCN79DK6RPCGY4UPESE1/Tobias.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Tobias Coughlin-Bogue Journalist Speaking at: Rage Against the Gaze: Prejudice and Allyship in Skateboarding Tobias is a queer skater from Seattle, and the online editor of SKATEISM. He has given up hope of ever learning hardflips, but is increasingly optimistic that he will live to see skateboarding be as inclusive, diverse and weird as he thought it was when he first started. @trbmker_ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459597167-BI39VYGVS94OTVGCA2BI/Kyle_Beachy.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Prof. Kyle Beachy Roosevelt University / Vent City Speaking at: Stay Core Stay Poor Kyle is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Roosevelt University, in Chicago. In the long trudge toward his second novel, forthcoming, he found escape by writing essays about skateboarding as a process of memory, ontology, and literature. These essays have been published in journals including, and listed here from highest-brow to lowest, The American Reader, The Point, The Chicagoan, The Skateboard Mag, Deadspin, and Jenkem. Kyle is also one of the co-hosts of the Vent City podcast, talking shit on all things skate-related. He was eleven when he began skateboarding, is now nearly forty, and will be dead or immobilised before he stops. @themostfunthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562325387871-JGGWZH5CCPR7OFO6GBSM/Yann.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Yann Horowtiz Pro Skater Speaking at: Rage Against the Gaze: Prejudice and Allyship in Skateboarding South Africa’s Yann Horowitz did something this past year that no other gay man has done. One, he won the Vans Park Series in Capetown South Africa, two, he kissed his boyfriend after winning the contest, in front of everyone. It’s not all been wins and kisses for Yann, as growing up a gay skater in Africa has its trials and tribulations. Now riding for Anti-Hero and Vans, Yann has been travelling, filming, and living his best life the past few years. @horoblitz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561483114815-571STXVYM7P7ROVY3L15/Charles_1.jpg 2019 Speakers Gallery - Charles-Antoine Bodson Founder & CEO, The Skateroom Charles-Antoine is the founder and CEO of The Skateroom, a social enterprise that sells limited edition skateboards designed by internationally renowned artists to support skateboarding NGOs worldwide. The idea began when Charles decided to sell his private collection of rare and limited-edition skateboards to raise funds towards Skateistan’s second skate school in Cambodia. Inspired by the impact of his donation, Charles created The Skateroom which has since donated over $500,000 to social projects around the world. The Skateroom continues to support grass roots skateboarding by connecting artists, buyers, galleries, museums, retailers and non-profits using their ‘Art for Social Impact' model. @theskateroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459598229-XNL4BWCKPB17USB3R4ZR/Ruby_Mateja.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Ruby Mateja Co-Founder, Free Movement Skateboarding Speaking at: Globally Stoked: Grass-Roots Skateboarding Ruby is a Co-Founder of Free Movement Skateboarding, a charity that provides skateboarding workshops on a mobile skatepark for refugees and locals in Athens, Greece. Ruby sees skateboarding as a creative and empowering activity that can enhance confidence and tenacity in many other aspects of your life. With the girl skate scene in Athens just starting to take off, it is the perfect place to be. Free Movement’s workshops promote skateboarding as a gender-neutral activity, which is for anyone and everyone to enjoy. @freemovement__sb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562325613766-EB4DS07M4NZK5CAZ30P1/Mark-Nickels.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Mark Nickels Filmmaker Speaking at: Rage Against the Gaze: Prejudice and Allyship in Skateboarding Growing up on the east coast, filming skateboarding was Mark Nickels’s dream job. He spent his early days filming all the legends at Pulaski Park in Washington DC until one day a chance encounter would land him that dream job filming and travelling the world with Osiris for the ‘The Storm.’ Only snag, Mark was gay, and when the film came out, so did he. Not surprisingly, some people didn’t take well to that, and so long story short, he showed them by moving to Berlin and becoming one of the most known and respected filmers and a champion of the LGBTQ+ community in skateboarding. @marknickels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459593170-5I3T81D05BQ8GHIL3PLC/Anthony_Pappalardo.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Anthony Pappalardo Author & Journalist Speaking at: Editor’s Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism Anthony is a New York based writer, author, and content creator. As a teenager in Massachusetts, he self-published music and skate centric zines, eventually becoming a regular contributor to Slap Magazine in the mid-90s. Throughout the ‘90s he wrote for several print publications, as well as toured and recorded with In My Eyes, a hardcore punk band signed to Revelation Records. After moving from Boston to New York City in 2002, he has written and produced several books and his writing and video work has appeared in several outlets, including Huck Magazine, Monster Children, Transworld Skateboarding, and VICE, where he was also the site’s first weekend editor. @anthony_pappa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459601728-LNCIYDXB2ADZ6D46LKAB/Will_Ascott.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Will Ascott Co-Founder, Free Movement Skateboarding Speaking at: Globally Stoked: Grass-Roots Skateboarding Will is a Co-Founder of Free Movement Skateboarding, a charity bringing skateboarding to the refugee and local population of Athens, Greece via a portable skatepark. Having studied International Development and with a background in youth work and disability support, Will applies methods of managing challenging behaviour to support some of the most disadvantaged young people in Europe through skateboarding. Will has been skateboarding for 15 years and likes doing skids as much as he likes teaching kids to do them. @freemovement__sb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459597986-21I9OKRQIO85N4I8SOM6/Ocean_Howell.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Prof. Ocean Howell Former Pro Skater and Professor, University of Oregon Speaking at: Bad Design is a Crime: Skate Friendly Cities Ocean is a retired professional skateboarder (Birdhouse, H-Street) and Associate Professor of History at the University of Oregon. His writing on skateboarding has been published in the Journal of Architectural Education, Space and Culture, and the Harvard Design Magazine, and has been quoted in the Congressional Quarterly (US), the New York Times, and the Guardian (UK). His book, Making the Mission: Planning and Ethnicity in San Francisco, was published in 2015. He is currently at work on a digital mapping project about the history of unrealised urban plans, in collaboration with Stanford University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561976925621-ON5X4MNPQMBJOGBPD959/Esther_Sayers_1.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Esther Sayers Goldsmiths College, London Speaking at: Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities Dr. Esther Sayers is senior lecturer at Goldsmiths College, London and part of the Centre for Arts and Learning. Her research into creative learning in the cultural context of the skatepark explores the immersive and reciprocal learning that motivates people to push limits and build resilience. Esther began skating in her early-forties after her children started skateboarding, and says the process of learning alongside them has been a significant influence on her use of embodied research methodologies. Esther is a trustee for Hackney Bumps renovation project and co-researcher at City Mill Skate @esthersayers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459599053-3F7KJHWTUTUD4VCCYYIV/Sander_Holsgens.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Sander Hölsgens Co-founder, Re-verb Skateboarding Speaking at: University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic Sander is a skateboarder and filmmaker who recently finished his PhD research on skateboarding in South Korea. He now works at the University of Groningen as a postdoctoral researcher. He co-founded Re-verb to create better relationships between academia, skate charities and the skate industry. Sander is currently working on a documentary about Candy Jacobs. @sander_reverb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562326106814-FBNDAHT9ZHW2WI7H61YZ/Karin_Book.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Dr. Karin Book Malmö University Speaking at: Bad Design is a Crime: Skate Friendly Cities Karin is an associate professor in sport science with a PhD in urban geography. Her research mainly focuses on spatial issues in connection to sport and physical activity, from an everyday perspective as well as a marketing and tourism-oriented perspective. Karin is especially interested in public space from a physical activity and sport perspective, and is responsible for the sport management programme at Malmö University and Malmö Sport Academy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561459600304-C08VBLMKWZSC1EWTFIUB/Stuart_Maclure.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Stuart Maclure Long Live Southbank Speaking at: Sacred Spots: Defining Heritage in Skate Culture Stuart is a skateboarder and urban planning graduate whose keen interest in interpreting the urban form took him to study in Copenhagen, where he was taught by some of the world’s leading architects and urban designers. Leaving behind rainy street missions, but not Long Live Southbank emails, Stuart moved to San Francisco to work as a policy researcher at a leading urban design think tank. Stuart returned to the UK in 2017 to work full time on the current Long Live Southbank campaign, due to be completed July 2019. Stuart is committed to exploring the benefits of high quality urban design and supporting the access to free creative space in our cities. @longlivesouthbank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1564153441556-COFZ6COMWVSIVTHWIM0M/Arthur_Derrien.png 2019 Speakers Gallery - Arthur Derrien Co-Founder, Free Skate Mag Speaking at: Editor’s Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism Arthur grew up skating Hotel De Ville in Lyon and has been living in London for the last 7 years. He cut his teeth in skate journalism working at Kingpin Magazine alongside photographer Sam Ashley and editor Will Harmon. When their publisher announced that Kingpin would be cutting print and going 100% digital, the trio decided to launch Free Skate Mag and distribute it for ahem… free. Today, Free is the largest magazine dedicated to supporting the European skate scene, and Arthur can be found pulling switch back 360s on jump ramps across the continent. @freeskatemag https://www.pushingboarders.com/2019-talks-gallery daily 0.75 2019-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464966151-RWPAWWFRULZ1PULPVXWY/Education.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities Thursday 15th August // 10:45 - 12:15 From Skate After School to skateboarding in school, this panel of professionals and practitioners explore the potential of skateboarding as an immersive and transferable learning tool. Balancing the freedom of self-taught switch flips with the rise in formal classes, how do we both learn skateboarding and learn from skateboarding? Panel: John Dahlquist (Bryggeriet), Ryan Lay (Skate After School), Rhianon Bader (Skateistan / Goodpush), Dr. Esther Sayers (Goldsmiths University) & Dr. Jessica Forsyth (Harold Hunter Foundation) Chair: Rick McCrank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464966151-RWPAWWFRULZ1PULPVXWY/Education.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities Thursday 15th August // 10:45 - 12:15 From Skate After School to skateboarding in school, this panel of professionals and practitioners explore the potential of skateboarding as an immersive and transferable learning tool. Balancing the freedom of self-taught switch flips with the rise in formal classes, how do we both learn skateboarding and learn from skateboarding? Panel: John Dahlquist (Bryggeriet), Ryan Lay (Skate After School), Rhianon Bader (Skateistan / Goodpush), Dr. Esther Sayers (Goldsmiths University) & Dr. Jessica Forsyth (Harold Hunter Foundation) Chair: Rick McCrank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464975233-5I6NS26NKN34T7ULIHWL/University.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic Thursday 15th August // 13:00 - 14:30 In this panel, a new generation of skate scholars discuss how a skater-led, inclusive, and critical approach to research can improve skateboarding and create better relationships between academia, skate charities and the skate industry. Panel: Luke Cianciotto (University of Chicago), Dr. Indigo Willing (Griffith University), Sophie Friedel (University of Innsbruck), Dr. Adelina Ong (Independent Researcher), Dr. Dani Abulhawa (Sheffield Hallam) Chairs: Dr. Sander Holsgens (Re-verb Skateboarding) & Stuart Maclure (Long Live Southbank) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464968755-CM2WHSKGT0N9M6OBR1NA/Globally.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Globally Stoked: Grass-Roots Skateboarding Thursday 15th August // 15:15 - 16:45 Sponsored by The Skateroom For the past ten years skateboarders have watched in wonder as the stoke has been spread from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. A whole new skate charity ‘sector’ has emerged, but what does this mean for local populations? In this panel, we hear from local skaters about their experiences working with International NGOs, and find out how skate scenes can be developed in a sustainable way with the communities’ needs at heart. Panel: Ayanda Mnyandu (Skateistan, South Africa), Aram Sabbah (SkatePal, Palestine), Atita Verghese (Girl Skate India), Leyla Garboza (Concrete Jungle Foundation, Peru) Chairs: Will Ascott & Ruby Mateja (Free Movement Skateboarding) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464969460-I70TXMOGS7FB4EP57QN4/Journalism.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Editor’s Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism Friday 16th August // 10:00 - 11:30 As established print outlets fall and internet-based publications rise, space opens up for new voices to define what skateboarding is. How can journalists reflect the diversity of skateboarding today? Panel: Lee Smith (Mission Statement / Black Skaters Matter), Christian Kerr (Jenkem), Norma Ibarra (Skate Witches / U Can Skate), Jin Yob Kim (The Quiet Leaf), Arthur Derrien (Free Skate Mag) Chairs: Anthony Pappalardo (Author & Journalist) & Hannah Bailey (Photographer & Journalist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464966154-ZX5UDL64E640PXWOYZT9/Gender.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Rage Against the Gaze: Prejudice and Allyship in Skateboarding Friday 16th August // 12:00 - 13:30 In a culture dominated by the masculine and the straight, industry insiders discuss their diverse experiences with identity within skateboarding and uncover the true prejudices at play. How can we all be better allies? Panel: Lacey Baker, Yann Horowitz, Mark Nickels, Briana King (Display Only) Chairs: Sam McGuire & Tobias Coughlin-Bogue (SKATEISM) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464964191-PBBF6YII6L4MRF8FIPKV/Cultural.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Sacred Spots: Defining Heritage in Skate Culture Saturday 17th August // 10:00 - 11:30 Drawing from the cases of two iconic skate spots - Love Park in Philadelphia and Southbank in London - this panel explores why certain spaces generate a heightened sense of importance amongst skaters and how this cultural significance can be translated into preservation. Panel: Stuart Maclure (Long Live Southbank), Brian Panebianco (Sabotage Crew), Dr. Pollyana Ruiz (University of Sussex), Dr. Paul O’Connor (University of Hong Kong) Chairs: Gustav Eden (Skate Malmö) & Betsy Gordon (Smithsonian Institution) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464975199-XRWL87C5GCNCFWAX9440/Women.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - The Revolution Will Not Be Patronised Saturday 17th August // 12:00 - 13:30 How do we break the male gaze, and, in the wake of some of the most interesting evolutions in skating for womxn, ensure equal opportunities for everyone? Ultimately, how do we create and support the revolution? Panel: Candy Jacobs, Beatrice Domond, Kristin Ebeling (Skate Like A Girl), Mimi Knoop (Women’s Skate Alliance), Amber Edmondson (Women Skate the World), Chair: Lucy Adams (Pro Skater / Skateboard England) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464971424-YFRECL3QBFPZRQ5WV524/Skate+Friendly.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Bad Design is a Crime: Skate Friendly Cities Saturday 17th August // 14:15 - 15:45 Whilst skaters all over the world fight to save their favourite spots from destruction, some cities are actively integrating skateboarding into public space. In this panel, pro skaters, architects and policy planners discuss the pros and cons of what happens when we try to make our cities more sustainably ‘skate-friendly’. Panel: Leo Valls (Pro Skater), Kristin Ebeling (Skate Like A Girl), Karin Bjork (University of Malmö), Fredrik Angner (White Arkitekter) Chairs: Prof. Ocean Howell & Gustav Eden (Skate Malmö) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464972581-Q8O1OOF68M2P2609ZROJ/Tech.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Tech Will Save Us Sunday 18th August // 10:00 - 11:30 Nostalgic or progressive, VX or IG, or everything at once? This panel examines the role of technology and all things social, to create new skate gods and shine a light on unsung skaters across the globe. Panelists: Imke Leerink (Girls Shred), Briana King (Display Only), Hans Smits (World Of Skateboarding), Ted Schmitz (Vent City) Chair: Ted Barrow (Feedback_TS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561464963020-7SV044QHUKWT6YBK28BR/Core.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery - Stay Core Stay Poor Sunday 18th August // 12:00 - 13:30 Let’s talk business: style + tricks ≠ money. There’s more to the industry than skating itself. This panel explores the power of the industry to shape skateboarding, from the sacred ‘core’ to corporate ‘invasion’, Olympic dreams, and much more. Panel: Nick Sharrat (The Palomino), Paul Shier (Adidas Skateboarding / Isle Skateboards), Kim Woozy (Mahfia TV), Josh Friedberg (USA Skateboarding), Claire Alleaume (Journalist) Chair: Kyle Beachy (Vent City) https://www.pushingboarders.com/2019-key-supporter-logos-black daily 0.75 2019-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561543673452-CYZLVGF4YQFBZKLLQ49O/Skateroom_Black.png 2019 Key Supporters Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561543673452-CYZLVGF4YQFBZKLLQ49O/Skateroom_Black.png 2019 Key Supporters Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561543672830-OPZTWYDAAGMME0CFC2KV/Arvsfonden_Black.png 2019 Key Supporters Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561543673381-PT52KRL7X8LL7JU1XU2U/Kristianstad_Black.png 2019 Key Supporters Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561543673263-MWNKK3PSE07IC4MY0WZI/City_Of_Malmo_Black.png 2019 Key Supporters Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1561543672840-LMUWGAI5G2PE7RBH8NXH/Bryggeriet_Black.png 2019 Key Supporters Black https://www.pushingboarders.com/new-gallery-40 daily 0.75 2019-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562077881689-QT3QMT6ANK3S70CTE615/Academic_4.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562077881689-QT3QMT6ANK3S70CTE615/Academic_4.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562077877199-EU4RCQQZFSD5BD2UC58Y/Academic_1.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562077877217-H2VAGBJK4ACA2VNBSUBK/Academic_2.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1562077880903-NT55WOVSZXPB6869NDKB/Academic_3.jpg New Gallery https://www.pushingboarders.com/2019-talks-gallery-youtube daily 0.75 2020-01-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/t/5e1354375cf5446da3f7ef61/1572598924247/ 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - Content Warning https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/5dbbf3d535d7d9095ee49bec/5dbbf48c35d7d9095ee4a2c6/1572598924247/ 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - Content Warning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599087324-WXZEYV04GWIFRZ45679L/01.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - You Can Talk To Me Pushing Boarders Malmö kicked off with a topic that ran through all of the panels at this year’s event – mental health in skateboarding. Opening the discussion were Scottish and Swedish legends, John Rattray and Madeleine Uggla who spoke about their own experiences and outlined possible ways to keep this conversation going throughout and after the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599187298-YGT56D879RHOGGFDNQRN/02.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - Skate & Educate: From Classrooms to Communities From Skate After School to skateboarding in school, this panel of professionals and practitioners explore the potential of skateboarding as an immersive and transferable learning tool. Balancing the freedom of self-taught switch flips with the rise in formal classes, how do we both learn skateboarding and learn from skateboarding? Panel: John Dahlquist (Bryggeriet), Ryan Lay (Skate After School), Rhianon Bader (Skateistan / Goodpush), Dr. Esther Sayers (Goldsmiths University) & Dr. Jessica Forsyth (Harold Hunter Foundation) Chair: Rick McCrank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599239720-33EHMDF5LGMN9VEJR0FS/03.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - University of Skate: Support Your Local Academic In this panel, a new generation of skate scholars discuss how a skater-led, inclusive, and critical approach to research can improve skateboarding and create better relationships between academia, skate charities and the skate industry. Panel: Dr. Adelina Ong (Independent Researcher), Luke Cianciotto (University of Chicago), Dr. Indigo Willing (Griffith University), Sophie Friedel (University of Innsbruck), Dr. Dani Abulhawa (Sheffield Hallam) Chairs: Dr. Sander Holsgens (Re-verb Skateboarding) & Stuart Maclure (Long Live Southbank) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599303327-SO8UDSRG7C8BUBLHZCZG/04.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - Globally Stoked: Grass-Roots Skateboarding For the past ten years skateboarders have watched in wonder as the stoke has been spread from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. A whole new skate charity ‘sector’ has emerged, but what does this mean for local populations? In this panel, we hear from local skaters about their experiences working with International NGOs, and find out how skate scenes can be developed in a sustainable way with the communities’ needs at heart. Panel: Ayanda Mnyandu (Skateistan, South Africa), Aram Sabbah (SkatePal, Palestine), Atita Verghese (Girl Skate India), Leyla Garboza (Concrete Jungle Foundation, Peru) Chairs: Will Ascott & Ruby Mateja (Free Movement Skateboarding) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599376300-3TGEWNLVJ32HUY6IKWGP/05.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - Editor's Note: Brutally Honest Skate Journalism As established print outlets fall and internet-based publications rise, space opens up for new voices to define what skateboarding is. How can journalists reflect the diversity of skateboarding today? Panel: Lee Smith (Mission Statement), Christian Kerr (Jenkem), Norma Ibarra (Skate Witches / U Can Skate), Jin Yob Kim (The Quiet Leaf), Arthur Derrien (Free Skate Mag) Chairs: Anthony Pappalardo (Author & Journalist) & Hannah Bailey (Photographer & Journalist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599641467-PB5SAKVMS4TCF8HMUN5G/06.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - Rage Against the Gaze: Prejudice and Allyship in Skateboarding In a culture dominated by the masculine and the straight, industry insiders discuss their diverse experiences with identity within skateboarding and uncover the true prejudices at play. How can we all be better allies? Panel: Leo Baker, Yann Horowitz, Mark Nickels, Briana King (Display Only) Chairs: Sam McGuire & Tobias Coughlin-Bogue (SKATEISM) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599718333-SKZWZGT6L9EIA4EDRAFR/07.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - Sacred Spots: Defining Heritage in Skate Culture Drawing from the cases of two iconic skate spots - Love Park in Philadelphia and Southbank in London - this panel explores why certain spaces generate a heightened sense of importance amongst skaters and how this cultural significance can be translated into preservation. Panel: Stuart Maclure (Long Live Southbank), Brian Panebianco (Sabotage Crew), Dr. Pollyana Ruiz (University of Sussex), Dr. Paul O’ Connor (University of Hong Kong) Chairs: Gustav Eden (Skate Malmö) & Betsy Gordon (Smithsonian Institution) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599788397-7CS3DYNQG0JSYUZ3ZP4G/08.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - The Revolution Will Not Be Patronised How do we break the male gaze, and, in the wake of some of the most interesting evolutions in skating for womxn, ensure equal opportunities for everyone? Ultimately, how do we create and support the revolution? Panel: Candy Jacobs, Kristin Ebeling (Skate Like A Girl), Mimi Knoop (Women’s Skate Alliance), Amber Edmondson (Women Skate the World), Kava Garcia Vasquez (Meninanda) Chair: Lucy Adams (Pro Skater / Skateboard England) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab93e4bb40b9dec0c8e3658/1572599828949-TACQCDXRFA43XOAHCCYH/09.jpg 2019 Talks Gallery Youtube - Bad Design is a Crime: Skate Friendly Cities Whilst skaters all over the world fight to save their favourite spots from destruction, some cities are actively integrating skateboarding into public space. In this panel, pro skaters, architects and policy planners discuss the pros and cons of what happens when we try to make our cities more sustainably ‘skate-friendly’. 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